Primitive Colors: A Case Study in Neo-Pragmatist Metaphysics and Philosophy of Perception

Oxford: Oxford University Press (2017)
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Joshua Gert presents an original account of color properties, and of our perception of them. He employs a general philosophical strategy - neo-pragmatism - which challenges an assumption made by virtually all other theories of color: he argues that colors are primitive properties of objects, irreducible to physical or dispositional properties.

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Joshua Gert
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